Tag Archives | foliage plants

Are we excited about the coming of warmer weather? Of course we are: we’re gardeners after all. It’s time to set up for those gorgeous warm days ahead surrounded by lush plants and lashings of colour. And if the summer trend in the southern hemisphere is anything to go by, which it often is, there […]

Bold foliage in large containers makes for a great contemporary container design. Using an inexpensive galvanized metal pot to start with, you can fill it in no time and create a great look that works equally well in urban or country gardens! Marianne Binetti gives you step-by-step instructions for putting “Petal to the Metal!” She […]

Color and shape play a key role in the garden, but we often forget about the role of texture in garden design. Plant textures vary from very fine and airy to coarse, with a whole range of textures in between. As we’ve seen in earlier posts on garden design, texture can refer to both the […]

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